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Ryan and Catherine, sick of the status quo, experiment with homelessness. Jacob and Renzi are sent to rescue Sheila Woods after a new tip as to her whereabouts and Madeline grows wary of Peter's newfound responsibility Read More

Tags: family, comedy, homeless, rescue, donahues

Trapped

By TheresaVan18

Short Story / Action and Adventure

January 19, 2017

Comments: 3

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

This is a short story I wrote a few years ago. I am not sure if it would be classified as action or a thriller because this is out of my normal realm. (Suggestions welcome.) It is about a teenager named Katherine whose normal life is turned upside down with… Read More

Tags: danger, teens, rescue, landslide, life-or-death

Captain Spaceship and the Wedding of the Wilted Woman

By TrrHolmes

Short Story / Science Fiction

January 01, 2017

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

On Lysithea, a moon of Jupiter, no one is allowed to enter and no one is allowed to leave. Until one day, the Solar Federation is given an invitation to a wedding there. Captain Spaceship is sent as a representative. Read More

Tags: science-fiction, alien, classic, rescue

Notorious

By R.J. Cervantes

Short Story / Science Fiction

June 13, 2016

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A smuggler about to be sentenced to death is offered one last chance to correct his past and find purpose in his life. He's on the run, but he has one last job to finish before he submits to fate. My first story, and possibly the start of a series. Read More

Tags: treasure, pirates, rescue, smuggler, interplanetary

Sunset Stories : No. 26 - Man Of The Cloth

By Scriptorius

Short Story / Westerns

June 05, 2016

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A settler rescues a wounded horseman who is nursed to passable health. The man repays his debt in a drastic way. Read More

Tags: rescue, payback, settler, injured-man

Not Alone

By lala1

Short Story / Romance

May 29, 2016

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

this is a short story of how sometimes things turn out the opposite of the way you expected at the least likely moment... Read More

Tags: romance, fate, rescue, surviving, you-are-not-alone

The Trials of Adam Gurney - Part Three

By authorised1960

Short Story / Action and Adventure

April 23, 2016

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Adam nears his destination, but will he be in time to help his father..? Read More

Tags: salvation, peril, rescue, threat

The Slaughter House horses: Episode 2 The Miracle Mare

By RedDragonWriter

Short Story / Literary Fiction

November 29, 2015

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Lydia, the draft mare has been left behind at the feed lot. She is desperately ill and only a miracle will save the life of her and her unborn foal. Read More

Tags: rescue, animal, horse, draft, equine, jousting

The Slaughter House horses: Episode 1 The Knights Horse

By RedDragonWriter

Short Story / Literary Fiction

November 16, 2015

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Bo, is big beautiful Shire gelding, who has found himself in tough situation... he's on a feed lot waiting to be sent to slaughter...but this is not the end of the road for the big shire for he is one of the lucky ones...but he has friends that need rescuing… Read More

Tags: horses, knight, rescue, animal, jousting, shire

Echo, in Aquarius

By phantomhill

Short Story / Science Fiction

June 21, 2015

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

It is 2604 and humans have colonized the galaxy, started numerous wars, and created great swathes of new technology, but still cannot prevent a storm. Relief teams remain the best way to rescue survivors. With the ongoing war, however, there are not enough to get the job done. The solution?… Read More

Tags: storm, rescue, third_person

The Dublin Princess

By briannalemaster

Book / Fantasy

June 03, 2015

Comments: 42

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Sixteen year old Alana has just been forced by her parents to move to Dublin Ireland, away from her cozy life and friends in New York. While attending school in Ireland, she meets a few new friends including Eric and Aiden, two boys who both seem to hold an interest… Read More

Tags: fantasy, romance, ireland, magic, prince, mystery, fire, reincarnation, princess, rescue, royalty, flashbacks

Talking to Dead

By NusaPlankar

Book / Fantasy

January 24, 2015

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Azalea. A unique name for a unique girl. A lonely one, though. Her grandfather was the only person in her life who truly understood her. In school, the other kids took advantage of her kindness. She made it all too easy for them. At least, until she was bestowed with… Read More

Tags: love, death, paranormal, ireland, dreams, rescue, banshee

Rescue

By DenialOrDream

Book / Action and Adventure

January 17, 2015

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

When a mercenary squad goes missing it is up to a mercenary by the name of Raikiri Akabane and his team to go and look for them but once they find them they will not like the outcome. Read More

Tags: adventure, action, rescue

Island of the Cannibals

By SirDogRider24

Short Story / Action and Adventure

November 23, 2014

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A guy is in a plane crash after graduating from college. And is abandoned on an island. And finds a house covered in blood. When he learns that he is not alone... Read More

Tags: cannibal, crash, rescue, plane, island

Puddle of Rain

By Rache Blue

Poem / Poetry

November 22, 2014

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A physiological reaction to intense emotional pain has the ability to cause the body to shut down. The transformation has the power to turn us into other forms of nature that cannot be reached by anything else except the soul that occupies us. The following is an example of how… Read More

Tags: nature, pain, rain, strength, soul, survival, spirit, water, courage, weakness, rescue, rise_from_despair

The Donahues Episode 190

By NEONETWORK

Script / Humor

October 03, 2014

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Ryan rescues Michelle from her tormented life at her parents' house and tries to get her a job on campus, Kimberly takes out her stress from the truck theft incident on her neighbors and Jacob tries to come up with an idea for a good tattoo Read More

Tags: family, comedy, rescue, tattoo, donahues, truck_theft

A Different Language

By PatienceIsAVirtue

Short Story / Gay and Lesbian

September 01, 2014

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

(This is just part of a story I wrote, but I won't post the whole thing.) He can't run away from the abusive relationship he has been forced into. He is terrified. He desperately wishes for a hero to save him... -terrible at summaries- Read More

Tags: gay, romance, fear, forever, rescue, abusive, potential_rape

Two Protectors - One Body

By MackuMac

Book / Action and Adventure

July 10, 2014

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Raven, a man with the best power of all time, shape shifting. He can shape shift into a maniac called Krieg who kills anyone in hes way and together they need to stop Malo, a powerful man who has destroyed several galaxies and is now going for world domination. Raven… Read More

Tags: evil, adventure, kill, gadgets, blood, action, scifi, fights, rescue, talking, katana, pass, characters, terminator

A Royal Reborn

By lizandhannah

Book / Fantasy

June 18, 2014

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

The night that Guardian Xavier Weston fell asleep on the job, was the night that Princess Andria slipped from her bedroom and ran away from her regal life without a trace. Now after years of facing shame and banishment from his home, Xavier has finally found her and struggles to… Read More

Tags: fantasy, fiction, romance, prince, tale, adventure, modern, castle, shadow, kingdom, fairy, princess, reborn, king, rescue

Star Breath

By Koala

Book / Fantasy

April 21, 2014

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

There is darkness in the balance of magic. The sky is changing, and Astra must die to set it to rights, but nobody truly deserves to die for something that they had no power to control. Lost in the world of ghosts and men, a way to save the sky… Read More

Tags: love, secrets, magic, adventure, snow, sky, mountains, stars, rescue, slaves, bravery, fairy_tale, june, witches, jonathan

Slipping Beyond the Ordinary

By ninjakytten

Short Story / Fantasy

April 05, 2014

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Anna lives in a world where very few people know who she is--and most of those who do would like to kill her. When two rather strange students transfer to her high school, she has to make a decision between assisting them and risking her life or abandoning them to… Read More

Tags: fantasy, magic, danger, teens, rescue, urban_fantasy

Above Cloud Level: A Sonja Gardens novel

By Majane

Book / Fantasy

February 23, 2014

Comments: 8

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Sonja Gardens is a hijacker, otherwise known as a sky pirate; she hasn’t been below cloud level in twelve years. Its well known that people like Sonja don’t exist, but when Sonja runs into the most dangerous weapon in the world suddenly everyone wants to get their hands on her,… Read More

Tags: fantasy, novel, war, magic, mystery, adventure, girl, help, cloud, danger, action, above, flight, rescue, wizards